On 2/17/18 at about 0106 hours, an officer from the Arcata Police Department recognized a subject riding a bicycle on Alliance Rd as Tyler Blaine GINGERICH. The officer knew GINGERICH was wanted out of the Eureka Police Department for 10851 CVC - Driving a Stolen Vehicle; 2800.2 CVC - Evading; 20002(a) CVC - Hit and Run; and 1203.2 PC - Violation of Probation.
Before the officer could initiate an enforcement stop, GINGERICH fled up a footpath towards Anina Way. Other officers converged on the area of Anina Way and with the assistance of a citizen in the area, took GINGERICH into custody in the backyard of a residence in the 1200 block of Anina Way.
GINGERICH was additionally charged with 22210 PC - Possession of a slungshot; and 11364 H&S - Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. A slungshot is defined as a “striking weapon consisting of a heavy weight attached to a flexible handle.”
GINGERICH was booked and lodged into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility for the above charges.
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